''Streptomyces viridochromogenes'' is a bacterium species in the genus ''
Streptomyces
''Streptomyces'', from στρεπτός (''streptós''), meaning "twisted", and μύκης (''múkés''), meaning "fungus", is the largest genus of Actinomycetota, and the type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae. Over 700 species of ''St ...
''.
''S. viridochromogenes'' produces the natural herbicide
bialaphos and the antibiotics
streptazolin and
avilamycin.
See also
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List of ''Streptomyces'' species
References
External links
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Type strain of ''Streptomyces viridochromogenes'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
viridochromogenes
Bacteria described in 1948
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